Sentences with phrase «antioxidant vegetable group»

The astonishing concentration of vitamin A carotenoids in cruciferous vegetables and their unusually high content of vitamin C and manganese are clearly key components in their growing reputation as an antioxidant vegetable group.

Their unusually high content of vitamin C and manganese explain their growing reputation as an antioxidant vegetable group.

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Beta - carotene belongs to a group of antioxidant substances called carotenoids, which give fruits and vegetables their red, yellow, and orange colorings.

Sea vegetables are also one of the best food sources of iodine (which is essential for thyroid function) and a good source of phenolic compounds, a group of plant chemicals that may provide a host of health benefits including antioxidants, anti-inflammatory, and anti-clotting properties.

Antioxidants are a collective group of nutrients — minerals and vitamins that occur naturally in plant - based foods such as fruits and vegetables (1).

Countless seeds, nuts, fruits and vegetables were analysed in this study, and sunflower seeds stood out as having one of the highest antioxidant counts in the seed group.

Just like in the previous studies they did, same diets in terms of amount of fiber and amount of fruits and vegetables, but the high - antioxidant group just substituted some of the higher - antioxidant foods, like swapping in berries for bananas.

It is almost foodie sacrilege to suggest that a group of colorful, antioxidant rich vegetables ubiquitous within the Western diet might not be as healthy as the natural food community paints them to be.

In fact, we can not find another food group (even a fruit subgroup) that is as nutrient - rich in these antioxidants as the cruciferous vegetables.

As a food group, the cruciferous vegetables are outstanding providers of these two antioxidant nutrients.

''... intake of herbs [including oregano] may... contribute significantly to the total intake of plant antioxidants, and be an even better source of dietary antioxidants than many other food groups such as fruits, berries, cereals, and vegetables.»

This is part of the carotenoids group, which is a group of powerful antioxidants found in many fruits and vegetables.